Tag: Around the world

Eating to Extinction – Book

A book on food, that has a few pieces of history and a lot more about how certain foods through globalization, and better economic and weather conditions have made the plants and food thrive in countries that otherwise we had no idea were so resourceful. But the question remains – How much food changes in taste and Quality and how with hybridization, food has been growing across the World? 

Some of the insightful details from the book.

Did you know? 

Certain food items like barley are used to the fullest of the 100% – 

 2% of barely is eaten by humans. 

60% of barely is used as Animal

Feed. 

While 38% is used for brewing and Distilling beer. 

0.50% barely is used for Soy Sauce and Miso.

So many things are made of just one food item.

The world’s largest collection of banana diversity is in Belgium

There are about 8 varieties of citrus fruit and lemon, oranges, Grapefruit and lime have been produced through hybridization 

Lemons is actually A hybridization of citron and Sour Oranges. 

Oranges come from a hybridisation of Mandarin and Pomelo 

Lime is hybridization a Citron and Mandarin cross 

Grapefruit Is a Hybrid between a Sweet Orange and a Pomelo. 

It’s interesting to know how the fruit changes and how through hybridization we have produced so much in the world. 

These are some of the details, but there is a lot more in the book. 

This has been one of the best food books. 

The Royal Experience!!

Wonder! why, Did the site Not be used for Recreational purposes Earlier.

The Very fact of the Opera House being under Restoration for about 8 Years.

Shows,the Royalty with which the Opera House which had the term  Royal prefixed when King George V  inaugurated the building in 1911 while the building was still under construction.

The Opera House Has the Grandeur and a presence of state of the art Architecture and feel to it.

It can be one of the few victories of discovering and successfully restoring a stage for Art & Cultural Purposes .

Having been More than a century Old The Royal Opera doesn’t seemed to have the ageing effect.

It’s Surely very competitive to International standards & International Opera Houses around the World.That The Unesco Community has awarded the Stage with a  Asia- Pacific  Award For cultural Heritage Award Conservation. 

An Important Symbol of Art & Culture would have been lost forever,In 1993 Itself,Hadn’t the restoration plans been implemented  in 2008 and executed  for the exterior and the interior restoration from 2011 and complete restoration done by 2016. We wouldn’t have been able to experience the Royal Highness.

The Experience of The Royal Opera House was further enhanced by the Play we watched there “Siddhus of Upper Juhu” A Light-hearted Comedy play with Character portraying life in a Metro of a Parsi-punjab Couple who have moved to the Juhu Surburb and Life of a working couple.

The Night Ended with, Pizza’s for Dinner at TheQuarter A Dining space in the compound of  Royal Opera House.  Live Music playing in the indoor space and The outdoor open space had a lively feel to it.

,We could only Show our Support by visiting the most beautiful site for the events, It has to offer for all of us who live here in the city and in the country. As it is the only existing Opera House in our country.

Foodism !!

 

Food as a meditation and a therapeutic healing. Food for thought 

We have heard this over and over again

The inner source of satisfaction and peace one gets after a good meal.Or for that matter A favourite food can just change our mood all together within no time.

But,Then again why do we always ignore or skip meals regularly giving excuses of No-Time .What are you seriously busy doing?If you aren’t able to enjoy food that you work for , through weeks,Hours and months endlessly towards goals that would professionally help you,But are personally killing yourself within since you don’t have the energy to enjoy the success of your hard work. 

The food should be right always and psychologist have recently studied that “Pizza ” is one of the biggest motivator for employees to complete their work.

Now I am sure,That would sum up the argument of how food is a therapeutic healer.Well that’s not all most of the people going through depression feel better after they have chocolates and icecream.

Travel to rediscover yourself !!!

 

Travel -Travelling is a feeling of living a life of a particular  people and place within the time you are there .

Travel can make you relate with people of different culture & backgrounds 

Travel makes you rich with experiences and poor with money 

People Travel to realise that ,people are almost the same everywhere 

Travel makes you realise  ,it’s already tomorrow in another country.

If you travel frequently ,You will know why we people travel ,we travel to keep our state of mind occupied with work or be at peace by searching for the meaning of what else can we do .Travelling is being you in another place .Travelling means to try now or never,I don’t know when I will be back here or will I ever be back here?Travelling makes you realise  that there are more like you, you aren’t the only one.

Travel in my view stands for :

T-Time

R-Reach 

A-Around 

V-Vision 

E-Evolve 

L-Lost